you are such a soft and messy thing, nobody knows how to take care of you
In contrast, Hotaru arrives with few changes having happened in her life since they last met and an accompanying air of expectation - perhaps even excitement - that buoys her through the winding caverns. Even just the steam that billows off the springs and fills the rocky halls is sweat-inducing, so she has shed everything but her bikini and sandals to cope with the oppressive heat. Flora's question may live in her head (as does her input on Hotaru's 'list') but unlike Sunjata she is not burdened with fresh regrets.
Her companion is impossible to miss when she manages to find the right pool; draconic features eye-catching and sleek with cloying, clinging steam. The inky blackness of the appendages are a stark contrast to his skin, but not unpleasantly so. Even still, Ru slows her pace slightly and her golden brows draw together. Certain he has heard her approach, she lightly probes the Attuned bond, tentative. "Sunny?" Spoken as she comes up behind him, setting her things down and removing her sandals so she can step into the pool quickly, naked concern on her face that she has to consciously work not to hide. They don't need to do that anymore.
It may sound ridiculous but she is concerned precisely because of the shift on display. Sunjata has always been far more deeply in touch with his animal shifts, and each one - and even certain elements of each - usually represented how he was feeling. The dragon is rare, and usually indicative of a desire to protect himself from something. Hotaru just prays it isn't her. But just in case it is she stands up to her thighs in the roiling water, giving him his space as she watches him, concerned and abandoning all playful greetings. "Everything okay?"
Her companion is impossible to miss when she manages to find the right pool; draconic features eye-catching and sleek with cloying, clinging steam. The inky blackness of the appendages are a stark contrast to his skin, but not unpleasantly so. Even still, Ru slows her pace slightly and her golden brows draw together. Certain he has heard her approach, she lightly probes the Attuned bond, tentative. "Sunny?" Spoken as she comes up behind him, setting her things down and removing her sandals so she can step into the pool quickly, naked concern on her face that she has to consciously work not to hide. They don't need to do that anymore.
It may sound ridiculous but she is concerned precisely because of the shift on display. Sunjata has always been far more deeply in touch with his animal shifts, and each one - and even certain elements of each - usually represented how he was feeling. The dragon is rare, and usually indicative of a desire to protect himself from something. Hotaru just prays it isn't her. But just in case it is she stands up to her thighs in the roiling water, giving him his space as she watches him, concerned and abandoning all playful greetings. "Everything okay?"
